283. Dracula's Big Happy Polycule

March 24th, 2025  |  1 hr 4 mins

Lords: Dan and Daniel. We discuss whether Dracula could escape Groundhog Day, how to know if you're in a golden era, Indiana Jones is supposed to look good?? and Where the Heart Is by F.S. Yousaf

282. Check Out My Feetbook!

March 17th, 2025  |  1 hr 11 mins

danny, gerstmann

Lords: Jeff and Danny. We discuss what's happening on Bluesky, using Google Earth and YouTube to rid myself of Nostalgia of Places you've lived, and Dad Talk: what do we do about porn?

281. Mr. Nukem Was My Father

March 10th, 2025  |  1 hr 6 mins

bri, stevie

Lords: Stevie and Bri. We discuss 3D modeling and lack of visual imagination, cut-throat compounds (a linguistic specialty), Pocket Warwick and other lost software, For a Student Who Used AI to Write a Paper, by Joseph Fasano, and Colma's city motto.

280. How To Start An Ice Cream Shop (Probably)

March 3rd, 2025  |  1 hr 21 mins

andi, casey

Lords: Andi and Casey. We discuss life hacks as communion with the divine, firing your computer, and childhood amnesia.

279. Concrete Peanut Butter Condensate

February 24th, 2025  |  1 hr 5 mins

james, kory

Lords: Kory and James. We discuss ditching your eReader, Journey to the Planets, Send Me to Heaven, My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun, whether criminals are like peanut butter, and enjoying photography by making it as labor intensive as possible.

278. Successfully Talking

February 17th, 2025  |  56 mins 28 secs

avery, linker

Lords: Avery and Linker. We discuss Twin Peaks, Myxozoa, how storytelling is failing us, Bones and Shadows by John Philip Johnson, and novelizing films that originated as novels.

277. Tunic 2, For Lords Only

February 10th, 2025  |  1 hr 14 mins

dicey, kate

Lords: Andrew and Kate. We discuss designing a boring game, whether you should let your friend convince you to play WoW, how to melt chocolate, Kate's Wallace and Gromit song, VFX is like cooking; game design is like baking, and "Looksmaxxing"

276. The Yukon Territories Foodie Scene

February 3rd, 2025  |  1 hr 8 mins

abhi, remy

Lords: Remy and Abhi. We discuss why food tastes better outside of Canada, whether biased history is better, making a new game console when we haven't even finished the ones we already have, Puranaanooru, and IP you'd like to adapt.

275. Angora Semiconductors

January 27th, 2025  |  1 hr 5 mins

chall, maxx

Lords: Maxx and Chall. We discuss the Steam Deck, the puzzle of the Wikipedia "did you know" section, the neuroplasticity theory of why we dream, and She Needed a Hobby, by Maxx

274. Samuel Beckett's Animal Crossing Letters

January 20th, 2025  |  1 hr 6 mins

elena, johnb

Lords: John and Elena. We discuss potlock advent calendars, NES games that science says are bad, how animals read, this untitled breakup poem by ailbey

273. Why Isn't Dracula Good At Anything?

January 13th, 2025  |  1 hr 2 mins

esper, rt-55j

Lords: Esper and RT-55J. We discuss poorly-constructed memes, making ZZT games in 2024, porting Mario 64 to the Commodore 64. "I like to think that in another universe," by ailbey, what counts as a plausible Dracula, and introducing licensed characters into a game that has previously been itself.

272. Beakknifed In Busch Gardens

January 6th, 2025  |  1 hr 6 mins

cort, ryan

Lords: Ryan and Cort. We discuss meat-flavored potato chips, the Pico-8 tracker, using "Add or Remove Programs" to add a program, Tommy C, and Advent Calendars.

271. Ego Death Mario

December 30th, 2024  |  1 hr 11 mins

avery, stevie, tyriq

Lords: Tyriq, Stevie, Avery. We discuss Dr. Mario's specialty, boutique sardines, Street Sharks (and the lies about them), and the aftermath of PiCoSteveMo.

270. B-Roll Of The Big Bang

December 23rd, 2024  |  1 hr 8 mins

alexander, hallie

Lords: Alexander and Hallie. We discuss making AI drunk, how Star Wars being bought Disney is basically the same thing as the Roman Empire converting to Christianity, Electromagnetism, Super Bon Bon according to Google search, using flow theory and Kubler Ross grief to drive learning systems, and animals you want to pet, but cannot.

269. Wet-Ass Planetoid

December 16th, 2024  |  1 hr 9 secs

alex, tyriq

Lords: Tyriq and Alex. We discuss trying to superficially familiarize yourself with every country, the log burner fan, drilling this chair for ancient water, Variations on a Theme by William Carlos Williams, by Kenneth Koch, Boichik Bagels, and the boxfish skeleton.

268. Puzzles For Puzzle Enjoyers

December 9th, 2024  |  59 mins 29 secs

james, kev

Lords: James and Kev. We discuss copyparty, egg punk vs. chain punk, going geocaching three times, Septic Tanks, certain kinds of trash you don't see any more, and mosquito bites.